Inspiron 6400 - changing TFT screen in laptop?

Hi

I have a Inspiron 6400 laptop which has a tru life screen, but it's the shiny type that is more of a mirror than a monitor
I've just upgraded to a latitude 6500 and the wife is having mine but hates the screen, so I need to get a matt finish one..... I guess cheapest place is eBay???

I also want the new screen tosupport a higher resolution, would this mean I need a new gfx card, as I'm sure it uses a intel one built into mobo

I kinda know how to replace the screen as I quizzed a engineer the other day but my main concern is compatibility,
also would I need a different power inverter or anything?

Any help appreciated with this as I want to get it right first time.
Cheers

 

It looks like people are actually selling matte screens for the 6400...

http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_tr...inspiron+6400+matte&_sacat=See-All-Categories

You don't need to replace anything but the screen here, and Dell has instructions on how to do this...

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins6400/en/sm/display.htm#wp1022270

 

thanks thats a great help
looks like the higher resolutions ones are for sale, which is what i want
can i se the standard inverter that is already on the scurrent screen, or will i need a new one? will the graphics card be able to cope with an increased resolution?

 

Like I said, I don't think you need to replace anything but the display itself. Your GPU should definitely by able to handle it and your current inverter should work as well.